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Oedipus and the Sphinx
Oedipus the King by Sophocles

Novel Analysis - Oedipus Rex

Questions to ask yourself:

  • What is psychoanalysis?
  • Who was Sigmund Freud? What did he mean by the Oedipal Triangle?
  • What is Freud's Oedipal Complex?
  • What did the Greeks think about the play?
  • What were the themes they thought were important?
  • What is fate?
  • Can pride lead to a person's downfall? How is this true of Oedipus?
  • What are some taboos in today's society?
  • Did Oedipus receive a just "payback" or recompense?
  • Is suicide ever justified?
  • What do you think of the fact that families of US soldiers who committed suicide do not receive condolences from the government?
Think of your own questions: Why? How? Which?

Grolier Encyclopedias(id: nystate617, password: novelhome) - use keywords:
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Sigmund Freud

Freud
Oedipus
psychoanalysis
neurosis
tragedy
incest
fate


Oedipal Complex By N.S. Gill, (About.com Guide)

Oedipus as Evidence: the Theatrical Background to Freud's Oedipus Complex

Reactions from college students of Freud's theory of Oedipus
Condensed Edition of the Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis from Glyn Hughes' Squashed Philosophers

Two Articles from JSTOR


The Oracles Are Dumb or Cheat: A Study of the Meaning of Oedipus rex

Teaching Oedipus Rex

LInks

Freud, Jung and psychoanalysis - with a section on Freud and Oedipus

Young Dr Freud PBS

Titles from our catalog

Dramatists and Drama by Harold Bloom 809.2 BLO
profiles the Oedipus plays